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Community members launch a war on Poachers of Hippopotamuses in queen Elizabeth national park

Good Hope Foundation together with the community wildlife ambassadors organized neighborhood assembly which is a community parliament through which community members come together to dialogue on a community challenge and come up with community-based solutions. The neighborhood assembly attracted 116 (57m and 49f) people from Bukangara village which neighbors queenRead More

SANITY RESTORED IN SCOVIA’S HOME

As it is said, a violent home is non- habitable. This was the case for Masika Scovia’s home. Her husband has been violent all through her marriage. He has been drinking alcohol throughout the time she got married to him. “Alcohol makes him more violent to an extend of hittingRead More

A Bright light shinning

When Good Hope Foundation with support from Children’s rights and violence prevention fund (CRVPF) introduced school clubs in the communities, many children rejoiced and thought “the long wait is over”. They viewed this as an opportunity to gain more class knowledge and also gather to share experiences of how theRead More

Hope for Adolescents out of school.

The adolescents and youths out of school have been targeted to build their skills to participate in prevention of violence against them and challenge their negative practices towards violence against children and adolescents. The youths out of school are among the victims and also among the perpetrators of different formsRead More

Chairperson local council ones warned against injustices against women and children.

Local council one chair persons have been warned against handling defilement cases and other injustices cases against women and children in their homes. At the function of commemorating the 16days of Activism at Mundongo Primary school in Nyakiyumbu Sub County, the Resident District Commissioner of Kasese Lt. Joe Walusimbi soundedRead More

Adolescents out of school from Nyakiyumbu Sub County empowered to mitigate violence against children and adolescents and to be resilient to violence.

10 safe spaces of adolescents out of school aged 13-24 have been formed in Nyakiyumbu sub county and they are holding weekly sharing sessions and discussions in their safe spaces through which they are learning and building their resilience to mitigate factors that expose them to Violence. The sharing sessionsRead More

Safe spaces for children.

Good hope foundation creates safe spaces for children in Nyakiyumbu Sub County to protect themselves from all forms of violence during the school closure as result of covid-19 lock down With the COVID-19 lock down and the actions taken to contain the spread of the pandemic such as school closure,Read More

The Fruits of Empowering Parents and Care Givers with Knowledge and Skills on Parenting.

The parenting for respectability program implemented by Good Hope foundation for rural development in Kasese District has created a great impact in the lives of many parents in regard to preventing violence against children and adolescents. During the field visits conducted by Good hope , members of Bukangara Abaghole na’bamiRead More

Religious leaders develop mechanisms on preventing violence against children and adolescents

Religious and faith leaders often hold positions of great respect, trust and confidence in our society. Behind the protected walls of religious institutions, congregants often feel safe and comfortable to disclose and discuss their most private matters and secrets to their religious leaders, including the often painful secret that theyRead More

RWENZORI CSOs DISCUSS KASESE CONFLICTS

In response to the 26th and 27th November 2016 Kasese attacks when government forces attacked Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu Prime Minister’s office and King’s Palace respectively, where royal guards, civilians and Police lost lives( allegedly 62-according to Police reports), Civil society organizations operating in Rwenzori converged in Kasese Municipality on 6th/12/2016Read More